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From the Field: Bangladesh Mission Celebrates International Day of the Girl

Posted by  on Thursday, October 11th 2012     

In honor of International Day of the Girl, USAID collaborated with the American Center of the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to gather more than 40 students (girls and boys) from a USAID education program and a local school to spotlight the importance of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

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Photo of the Week: Tajikistan

Posted by  on Wednesday, October 10th 2012     

A young girl sits with her USAID provided food at a distribution site in Garm, in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan.

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Video of the Week: mWomen Design Challenge

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 9th 2012     

The GSMA mWomen Programme asks ‘What if we designed smartphones with the needs of resource-poor women in mind?’ and encourages innovators around the world to design an Android Launcher to do just that.

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USAID’s Commitment to Transparency

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 9th 2012     

At USAID, transparency is an important part of our commitment to achieving sustainable development results and to doing business well.

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USAID Book Club: The Alchemy of Air

Posted by  on Friday, October 5th 2012     

This book reminds us of the serendipity of scientific inquiry. It’s about the invention of fixed nitrogen fertilizer, a single invention that dramatically improved food production and helped support the massive population growth that took place over the last 70 years.

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Engaging with Arab Americans on Syria

Posted by  on Friday, October 5th 2012     

On Friday, September 28, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah traveled to the Arab American National Museum in Michigan to meet with a group of Arab American leaders and tour the museum.

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Pounds of Prevention – Focus on Malawi

Posted by  on Friday, October 5th 2012     

“Pounds of Prevention” is a series of short articles that illustrate how disaster risk reduction works and why it is important. Take a behind-the-scenes look at aid work in action, long before the disaster occurs. How is that possible? Read on! Today’s installment, Pounds of Prevention – Focus on Malawi highlights our work in the southern parts [...]

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Results, Results, Results

Posted by  on Friday, October 5th 2012     

Last week at the High-Level Meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition in New York City, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the progress being made by the 30 countries that have committed to putting nutrition at the heart of their approach to development.

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Recipe: Raj and Shivam Shah’s rainbow hash browns

Posted by  on Wednesday, October 3rd 2012     

Originally featured on the One Campaign Ever since ONE members started submitting recipes to our Digital Sweet Potato Cookbook, I’ve been searching for that perfect dish to cook and write about for the ONE Blog. It had to be something simple, healthy and versatile. So, when I saw USAID Administrator Raj Shah’s family recipe for rainbow hash [...]

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Social Good: Igniting Passion and Innovation for a Better World

Posted by  on Wednesday, October 3rd 2012     

Just days before the U.N. Assembly, New York and the Twitterverse were buzzing with another important global conversation sparked by the third annual Social Good Summit.

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